Meaning of cercar | Babel Free
θeɾˈkaɾDefinitions
- to encircle
- to fence, to wall
- to surround; to besiege
Equivalents
Examples
“Para esto ual reer o lugar jnchado et çercallo de semesugas para liurar ende o sange que y ha para seyr fora”
For this is valid to scrape the swollen place and then to encircle it with leeches, so freeing the blood that is there, letting it go out
“por njhũa cousa nonnos leixes partir de Troya, desque a cercaren, ata que non seja tomada et ata que toda sua gent non seja destroýda per gran crueza”
Under no circumstance should you release them from Troia, from the very moment that they surround it, not until it is seized and all of its people is destroyed with great cruelty
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.